Hat and coat rack.



No. 697,438. Patented Apr. I5, I902.

M. BBAYMES.

HAT AND COAT BACK.

(Application filed Dec. 6, 1901. (No Model.)

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MARK BRAYMES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT AND COAT RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,438, dated April 15, 1902. Application filed December a, 1901. Serial No. 84,985. (No model.)

T at whom it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, MARK BRAYMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Hat and Coat Rack, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hat and coat racks in which the hooks can be turned out of the way when not in use; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide an arrangement of parts whereby a hat and coat rack with many hooks can be placed in a narrow hallway or small room and within the least amount of space; second, to provide an arrangement of parts whereby a hat and coat rack can be provided with a double mirror, so as to show at the same time both the front and rear appearance 'of the person looking into the mirrors; third, to provide an efficient hat and coat rack of pleasing aspect, but of a low manufacturing cost. I attain these and other desirable objects by the means described in the following specification and pointed out in the accompanying claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my hat and coat rack with the hooks turned against the wall and the movable mirror back to its place. Fig. 2 is a section on line a; x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of the folding bars connecting the movable mirror to the frame. Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic and partial side view showing the folding bars lowered and extended to the front and holding the movable mirror. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are respectively front, side, and rear views of the bearings for the hooks posts. Fig. 8 is a front view of the posts holding the turning hooks, the hooks being broken off; and Fig. 9 is a cross-section on the line y y of Fig. 8.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

1 is the hat and coat rack complete, which can be attached or hung against the wall in any convenient manner.

2 is the frame, which can be made of any particular design or size and is provided with a number of double and single. hooks.

The double hooks 3 are made in two parts. Each part or half-hook is semicircular in section, having a fiat and a curved side. The

flat sides are turned toward each other, thus allowing both halves to come into close contact and giving them the appearance of single hooks, which can be used as such when desired. -When additional hooks are needed, the double hooks 3 are drawn apart and each half used independently of each other and as a single hook. Each half-hook is attached to a half-post 4, pivoted at both ends into the bearings 6, which are attached to the cross pieces 7. In the present instance to improve the appearance of the hat and coat rack I make the half-posts 4 4 of the same material and size as the half-hooks. The cross-section of the half-posts is also semicircular, but with the side opposite the half-hooks rounded off, as shown at 5, Fig. 9. This is to allow the half-posts to turn close to each other when the half-hooks are drawn apart. When the half-hooks are closed against each other and turned against the wall, they have the appearance of being made of one solid piece.

The single turning hooks 8, which I place at the lower portion of the hat and coat rack frame, are smaller and are attached to single posts 9, pivoted at both ends intothe bearings 6, attached to the cross-pieces -7 7.

The double hooks are intended and fitted by their large size to hang hats on, while the smaller hooks are provided for coats and other articles of this kind; but it is obvious that other articles could be hung on the same hooks with the same readiness.

The hearings in which the posts '9 9 and the half-posts 4: 4: are pivoted are made of a short piece of tubing 10, Figs. 5, 6, and 7, which divides itself at its base into three cars 11, each pierced by a small hole 12, adapted to receive nails. These ears are bent or twisted so as to fit the cross-piece on which they are fastened, two of the ears being nailed on one side of the cross-piece and the third on the other. The short piece of tubing is open at its base, so that the ends of the posts 9 9 and 4 t rest on the crosspieces.

It is obvious that the number of ears could be increased or decreased or that the base of the tubing could be closed or that other means of fastening them on the cross-pieces could be used without altering the spirit of my invention.

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The center of the frame is occupied by a slanting mirror 13, whose lower and exposed frame 14 has a sufficiently large groove 15 cut into it, so as to let the frame of a movable mirror to slide into it. The upper part of the frame 14 is very close to the slanting mirror 13, this to allow the movable mirrors frame to slide into the groove 15.

The movable mirror 16 has its upper frame 17 of the same width and thickness as the lower-frame 14, so that when the movable mirror is slid into its groove 15 the long sides of the frames 14 and 17 will have the appearance of being made of a single piece each. The lower part of the frame 17, being intended to engage in the groove 15, is made very close to the movable mirror 16. This mirror is made of better quality than that of the slanting mirror, because it is most always exposed to view and generally used alone.

It is often desirable to be able to see ones back appearance, and for this purpose I use the movable mirror by pulling it out of its groove 15 and by bringing it outward until it hangs on the u n folded bars,as shown in the diagram Fig. In this position the person using my device would look into the slanting mirror, while the movable mirror would be to his rear. Thus it will allow the user to at once see his front and back.

The space left open between the frame 1 and the mirror-frames 14; and 17 is hid from view by a triangular-shaped side 18.

The movable mirror 16 is connected to the frame 1 by means of folding bars 19, 24, and 20. The first bar 19 is attached to the movable mirrors frame 17 by a pin 20, allowing the mirror to be turned at any angle. The end of this bar is bent, as shown at 21, so that the bars might be folded and lowered in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 3. The other end of the bar 19 is pivoted on the bar 24, which has a heel 23, projecting inward and on which rests the bar 19, thus preventing the latter from turning down. The third bar 26, to which the bar 2 T is pivoted, has also a heel 25, on which rests the bar 24, to prevent the latter from turning down.

This bar 26 is wider on the end connected to the frame 1, so as to permit the cutting out of a slot 22. A pin 27, passing through the slot 22 and driven into the frame 1, allows the bar 26 to slide in and out, as needed, or to remain in a vertical position when the movable mirror is not in use. Another pin 28, driven into and projecting from the slanting mirrors frame, allows the bar 26 to rest on it while the movable mirror is in use. To return the movable mirror to its place, I turn its face up, then fold upward and to the rear each bar successively, and drop the frame 17 into the groove 15 of the lower mirrors frame 14. It is obvious that to bring the movable mirror to the front the mode of operation would be exactly the reverse of that just described.

In the space between the frame 1 and the back of the slanting mirror 13 I place awooden box 29, destined to hold or hide out of View such articles as comb, brushes, rubbers, the,

- This box, which I make as wide as the mirrorframe, has its ends closed by the sides 18.

Having now described my invention, in

which changes may be made in the general form, proportions, andminor details of construction without departing fi'om the spirit of it, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination in a hat and coat frame, of a pin driven into the said frame and projecting from it; of a slotted bar, held to the frame by the said pin, but adapted to slide in or out; of a fulcrum on which to rest the slotted bar in a convenient position; of a series of folding bars, hinged to the slotted bar, and to each other; of f ulcrums on each bar, to prevent the next bar from rotating in the wrong direction; of a mirror hinged to the extremity of the last folding bar; all substantially as set forth and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARK BRAYMES.

Witnesses:

AUSTIN LowRIE, HARRY PATTERSON. 

